Re: Introduction and possible thread

["Curtis L. Olson" <curt@me.umn.edu>]

Curt wrote:
> >I would guess that 99.999% of pilots would have enough sense not to
> >trust their lives completely in a win95 based product ... or for that
> >matter depend on any one single point of failure.

Keith Brown writes:
> Maybe, but I don't mean a failure in the OS, but a bug in the software.
> Though Linux is rock solid, it can't correct a programmer's mistakes
> :-(

Yes, definitely, which is why I tacked on the "single point of
failure" claus.  Also, flakey hardware can make Linux look just as
instable as windows.  (You often don't notice flakey hardware in
windows because you are used to rebooting frequently, or powering down
every night.)

> And if I'm not mistaken, there is at least one moving map system out
> there for general aviation that is Windows based. I kid you not!

Yes, there are several.  I've seen the Jeppesen Flight Star program in
action.  I've seen one bad bug in it which reported incorrect
distances to the destination.  I've seen it crash and hang on reliable
hardware ...

Curt.
-- 
Curtis Olson                        University of MN, ME Dept.
curt@me.umn.edu                     
http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt      Try Linux!
-
Archives of linux-aviation: http://mail.nl.linux.org/lists/linux-aviation/
To unsubscribe: send the command "unsubscribe linux-aviation" in the body
of a mail message to <Majordomo@mail.nl.linux.org>.